We who are in A.A. came because we finally gave up trying to control our drinking.
We still hated to admit that we could never drink safely. Then we heard
from other A.A. members that we were sick. (We thought so for years!) We
found out that many people suffered from the same feelings of guilt and
loneliness and hopelessness that we did. We found out that we had these
feelings because we had the disease of alcoholism. We decided to try and
face up to what alcohol had done to us. Here are some of the questions we
tried to answer honestly. If we answered YES to four or
more questions, we were in deep trouble with our drinking. See how you
do. Remember, there is no disgrace in facing up to the fact that you have
a problem.

Answer YES or NO to the following questions.

1:-Have you ever decided to stop drinking for a week or so,
but only lasted for a couple of days? Most of us in A.A. made all kinds of
promises to ourselves and to our families. We could not keep them. Then we
came to A.A. A.A. said: "Just try not to drink today." (If you do
not drink today, you cannot get drunk today.)

2:-Do you wish people would mind theirown business about your drinking
—stop telling you what
to do? In A.A. we do not tell anyone to do anything.We just talk about our own drinking,
the trouble we got into, and how westopped. We will be glad to help you, if you want us to.

3:-Have you ever switched from one kind of drink to another
in the hope that this would keep you from getting drunk? We tried all kinds
of ways. We made our drinks weak. Or just drank beer. Or we did not drink
cocktails.Or only drank on
weekends. You name it, we tried it. But if we drank anything with alcohol
in it, we usually got drunk eventually.